Brazilian legend Ronaldinho tests positive for COVID-19
Former Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho said on Sunday he had contracted coronavirus but had no symptoms.
The 40-year-old ex-Barcelona and AC Milan midfielder, who won the Champions League and World Cup in an illustrious career, will remain in isolation in a Belo Horizonte hotel.
“Hi friends, family, fans, I took a Covid-19 test and the result was positive, I’m doing well, I’m asymptomatic for now,” he said in a video posted on Instagram.
In August, Ronaldinho returned to Brazil following more than five months in detention in Paraguay over a fake passport scandal.
The 40-year-old former Ballon d’Or winner retired in 2015 after an impressive stretch in Europe, where he won two titles with Barcelona and another with AC Milan. He also led Barcelona to a Champions League win and Brazil to a World Cup title in 2002.
Brazil has had nearly 5.4 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the third most of any country behind the United States and India, according to The New York Times. They have reported more than 156,000 new cases over the past week.